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(No Model.)

H. W. FORSLUND.

HYDRAULIC VALVE.

Patented Nov. 17,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

IIUGO IV. FORSLUND, CF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TC THE STANDARD ELEVATOR COMPANY AN D` TILLIAM II. IVELLS, JR., BOTII OF SAME PLACE.

HYDRAULIC VALVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,211, dated November 17', 1891. Application filed August`l8|.1890l Serial No. 362,364. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGO W". FORSLUND, a citizen of the United States, vresiding at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydraulic Valves and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot` the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference bein g had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specitication.

My invention relates to hydraulic valves. Its purpose is to provide a primary or auxi'liary valve which shallbe easy oi' control and shall be positive and automatic in its action and a main valve which shall be perfectly balanced and certain inits action.

The drawings show in Figure 1 a longitudinal section of the entire device, the valverods and operating-levers being in elevation; Fig. 2, a plan view of the primary Valve with the top of the valve-chest removed; Fig. 3,an enlarged vertical section of the primary valve; Figs. 4 to V10, inclusive, details showing the various positions of which the primary valve l is capable.

nects the passage B with the exhaust-passage B2. The valve-stem C extends through the center of the cylinder A and carries iive pistons c c c2 c3 c4, fitting closely within the cylinder A. The piston c, fixed to the outer end of the stem C, closes the exhaust-passage B2.V The movement of the valve-stem is suficient to carry this piston across the belt h2,

thereby opening connection between the exhaust-passage and the motor. The piston c is fixed upon the stem C in such a position as to play between the belts b and b2, preventing communication between the'm through the cylinder A. The piston c2 is fixed upon the valve-stem, so as to play between the belt b and the remote side of the belt b. The piston c3 is located upon the side of the passage B opposite from the piston c2. Beyond the piston c3 a rigid diaphragm a is placed across the cylinder A, having a stuffing-box for the accommodation of the valve-stem C. Beyond this diaphragm the piston cLL is xed upon the stem C. The movement of the valve is secured by hydraulic pressure alternately upon the opposite sides otk thediaphragrn a, acting upon the pistons c3 and c4, and is controlled by the primary or auxiliary Valve, which I will now describe. A rectangular valve-chest D is located near the cylinder A, and is connected therewith upon each side of the diaphragm a bythe channels or ducts a: y, and is provided with an exhaust-port e, located between these two channels. The wall d of the valve-chest, perforated by the channels named, may, if desired, be cast integrally with the diaphragm a, the channels bfeingcored therein, the diaphragm being interposed between two sections of the cylinder A. A pressure of water is 'secured within the valve-chest D through the pipe V, communicating with the source of pressnrewithin the passage B, as shown. The valve E is tted within the chest D, so as to have a bearing upon the side CZ and the opposite side d', but coming in contact with no other side of the chest D, so that the lwater they may be simultaneously covered by opposite sides of the valve-face. The exhaustchannel a, being located between the channels :r y, opens into the chamber formed by the cavity in the face of the valve. Both 5 channels o: y are covered by bringing the valve to one of the positions shown in Figs.

l, 4, 6, and 9. The valve has two motions, the one at a right anglel to a line connecting the centers of the channels a: y and conro trolled by the operator by means of a lvalverod f, and the other parallel with such a line and controlled automatically by means of a rod f', as hereinafter described. From its central position, Fig. 4, the operator may shift the valve to the position shown in Fig.

5, whereby the water-pressure is `communicated to the piston cl through the channel y.- The channel being uncovered within the chamber of the valve, is brought into comzo munication with the exhaust-passage The effect is. to shift the main valve to the right, opening the exhaust-passage B2 by bringingv the pistone tothe opposite side of the belth2. The valve may from the center be shifted in 2 5 the opposite direction, so as to bring it into the position indicated by Fig. 8, with the opposite effect upon the main valve. lVhen the mainfvalve has been thrown to the desired position it is necessary that it be held there 3o firmly bycutting oft the pressure and exhaust tl'irough the channels a' fy.. This is accomplished automatically by the following means: Thev stem C is prolonged beyond the cylinder A, the.- extension g being pivotally attached tothemain portion of the stern and also tov the; free end of the lever G, whichv swings from'a bracket H, extending upwardly from the cylinder A. A connecting-rod f2 is pivotally attached to the rod f and to the lever 4o Gr'.` Bly the action of this mechanism the valve E is moved back and forth perpendicu# lar to its line of movement by the operator. As the ducts a: y are affected only by the sides of the valve which are oblique to the directions of its movements, they are always uncoviered by the use of the rod f and covered by the action of the rod f. the valve E to have been shiftedv from its central position to that indicated by Fig. 5,.it 5o will be seen that when the main valve has been-thrown to the left the valve E will have been moved by the action of the lever G to the position shown in Fig. 6,and the exhaust to the main valve will remain open until the operator draws out the rod f, shifting the valve E to theposition shown in Fig. 7. The pressure is now conveyed to the piston c3 through the channel The channel y is broughtinto communication with the exhaust 6o 2. The main valve is brought back to the position shown in Fig. l. The motor is brought to rest, and at the same instant, by the action of the lever G, the valve E is restored to the position shown in Fig. 4. lf from the central position of the valve E it is shifted by the operator to the' position shown in` Fig. 8, soy that the vpiston cz'is carried beyond the belt Assuming.

b', the movement of the valve-stem C will have shifted the valve E to the position shown in Fig. 9, and the pressure is applied to the motor until the operator by an inthrust of the rod f shifts the valve E to the position indicated in Fig. l0, when the main valve is thrown to the right, stopping the motor, and by its movement again restoring the valve E to its central posi-tion, Fig. 4. The rods f and f pass through oblong slots in the body of the valve E. Nuts s st t are carried upon these rods and are screwed up to the several faces of the valve E, their surfaces having a sliding contact therewith, so that when the valve is moved by means of the rod f it slides between the nuts t and t,and when moved by means of the rod/f it slides between the nuts s and s. It will be seen that the operator may throw the valve E in an oppositefdii rection to. reverse theA motion of th-e motor. lf this is done, the exhaust-chamberzwill be covered by the margin of the valve-face. To prevent it from being completely covered the mouth of this chamber should be made larger than the ducts 0c y..

Though l have shown and described a species of D-valve having al rhomboidal face, l do not desire to be limited to that particular form. The essence of the invention lies in the double successive action of` the valve in two directions, whereby the movement of the valve in one direction is followed or succeedi ed' by a movement of such valve in a direction at right angles to the first movement. i This action is particularly important in ele- 3 vators, for each movement of the controlling lever or cable is the reverse of the preceding one, because the position of the val-ve h-as been changed with reference to the line of movement first given to it by the-controlling leveror cable before the latter is again brought into action.

It will be readily seen that the exact rhomboidal form. might be departed from without preventing the accomplishment of this purpose. l prefer, however, the form described as being the most simple.

Asupplementary top and bottom stop-valve is interposed between the main valve and the motor when the device is applied to an elevator and consists of the pistons m, m", and m2, fixed upon the stem M and working in a cylinder K. This cylinder is encompassed by the belts b and b2 and by a belt L,l connectedwith the passage B. The piston m plays across the belt L, so as to close the connection between it and the two belts b and b2 alternately. The pistons m andV m2 are located beyond the belts named and simply serve to balance the valve. This valve is actuated by means of an arm P, projectingl T-crank are linked to the sliding sleeves ov and o', which are carried upon the valve-stem M, and which,when the piston m is in its central position, abut against the opposite sides of a collar O, fixed upon the valve-stem by a set-screw. W'hen by the action of the arm P the valve-stem M is moved in either direction, the weight R is raised, as indicated by dotted lines, by the action of the collar O upon either one of the sleeves oand o. When this pressure upon the collar is relieved, the valve is returned to its central position by the descent of the weight R.

The operation of the stop-valve is as follows: In Fig. l this valve is shown in the position it assumes when the motor is not at either of the limits ot its movement. In this position it affects neither the pressure nor the exhaust. Should either the induction or the exhaust ports be allowed to remain open until the motor has reached either of its limits ot movement the piston m is moved to the right or to the left, as the case may be, by the action of the arm P, shutting ott either the induction or the exhaust Without regard to the position of the main valve. The automatic action of stop-valve always leaves the main valve free to reverse the movement of the motor.

To save the valve E from injury by wear I place a packing, preferably of leather, upon its back. The back of the valve is circular in form and depressed in the center. A circular-piece of leather U, of greater diameter than the valve-back, is placed thereupon and forced into the depression by the screw u', passing into the body of the valve and carrying the metal washer a. The leather packing is thereby interposed between the valve and the wall of the chest, and extending beyond the valve is Forced against the wall by the water-pressure. The body of the valveE is rectangular in form to afford suitable bearings for the guide-nuts s s and t t. The extensions to secure the rhomboidal face afford sufiicient pressure to keep the valve snugly seated uponthe wall d. It is clear that this pressure-surface may be ot any desired extent or may be dispensed with entirely.

I have shown and described an improved automatic stop-valve and centering device for the same, but lay no claim thereto in this application, because I have tiled an application Serial No. 405,833, dated September 1G, 1891, for said invention not herein claimed, which application is a division and continuation of the present application so far as said invention is concerned and have done this for the purpose of preventing the detention ot' the other features shown and described in this application by an interference proceeding which has been instituted.

I claiml. The combination, with a fluid-motor, of a valve for controlling the same and two devices for successively moving such valve in two directions at angles one to another, one mechanism connecting one side of the valve with a moving part of the motor and the` other mechanism extending to and under the control of manual power and connected to a side of the valve at an angle to the first-'mentioned side, whereby the valve may be manually shifted by the operator in the elevator and be returned to its pristine position by a mechanism operating it from the motor, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a hydraulic motor, the combination, with pressure and exhaust ports, of a slidevalve, a chamber in the valve-face for connecting the exhaust-port with the pressureports, a plain margin about the chamber for coveringl the pressure-ports, two sides of the margin extending in lines oblique to aline connecting said ports, a rod for actuating the valve in one direction, and a rod connecting the valve with the motor, whereby it is automatically moved in a different direction, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

3. In combination with ahydraulic motorvalve, a primary valve adapted to be automatically closed and having an actuating stem or rod operating in one line of direction, and a closing stem or rod operating in a different line of direction, said-primary valveQ havingalateral movement upon each of said stems, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth. i

4. In combination with a hydraulic valve actuated by water-pressure, a primary-valve chest, a duct or passage leading thereto trom the source of pressure, ducts or passagesx y, leading therefrom to each end, respectively, of the valve-motor cylinder, an exhaust-passage froin the valve-chest located between the ducts x y, a D-valve sliding between two opposite walls of the valve-chest and adapted to cover the ducts x y, the face of the valve ,being rhomboidal in form and having two of IOO IIO

necting the two cylinders and located upon opposite sides of the passage to the motor and adjacent, respectively, to the induction and eduction ports, a balanced piston-Valve reciprocating in the cylinder A and having a disk located between the two connecting pasin the cylinder B being automatically actuated'by the motor at each of the limits of its movement, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in 15 presence of two Witnesses.

HUGO NV. FORSLUNDL sage-Ways, disks adapted, respectively, to alternately open and close communication be` tween the induction and eduction ports and the connecting passage-Way adjacent thereto, 'and a balanced piston-valve reciprocating in the cylinder -K and having a disk adapted to close communication between the passage to the motor and either of the connecting pas- I lVitnesscs:

sage-Ways, the valve in the cylinder A being JOHN C. VEBER, adapted to voluntary control and the valve J. A. BOMMHARDT. 

